Nola Dinkins: Body found amid search for girl, 3, after mom accused of lying about abduction

Nola Dinkins: Body found during search for 3-year-old girl in Maryland

Maryland State Police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that they have located a body in connection with the search and investigation into a three-year-old girl who went missing in New Castle County.

NEWARK, DE - A tragic update in New Castle County after a 3-year-old girl named Nola was reported missing by her mother, who officials say has been charged after lying to police.

What we know:

Police say an Amber Alert was canceled on Wednesday, and a homicide investigation is underway after the girl's mother falsely reported that her daughter was abducted by a man at gunpoint.

Nola Dinkins: MD State Police provide update on 2 arrests

Two people have been arrested in connection with an investigation involving three-year-old Nola Dinkins who was originally reported missing Tuesday night.

The girl's mother has been taken into custody and charged with felony false reporting, according to the New Castle County Police Department. 

Maryland State Police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that they have located a body in connection with this investigation. MDSP is awaiting positive identification.

MDSP says the body was located in Cecil County.

Dig deeper:

Officers responded to the 500 block of Gender Road for a report of a possible kidnapping around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Nola’s mother, 31-year-old Darrian Randle of Newark, told police that she pulled over to comfort her daughter, identified as 3-year-old Nola Dinkins, when a man approached them at gunpoint and took the girl. She said the suspect then fled in a dark-colored SUV driven by a white female.

An Amber Alert was issued by police, who conducted a search for the girl through the night and morning.

Detectives later determined Darrian’s account was false and canceled the Amber Alert. 

Amber Alert for missing Delaware girl canceled, homicide investigation underway

Police on Thursday canceled an Amber Alert for 3-year-old Nola Dinkins and have opened up a homicide investigation.

The case is now being investigated as a homicide and was turned over to the Maryland State Police.

Darrian has been charged with one count of felony Falsely Reporting.

31-year-old Darrian Randle of Newark, has been charged with one count of felony Falsely Reporting in the investigation involving her three-year-old daughter, Nola Dinkins.

She was arraigned and committed to the Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $1,000,000 cash bail.